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Basketball Systems & Custom Wall Padding for Life Time Athletic

Written by Ryan Wilby | Jun 7, 2016 8:00:00 AM

Operating 119 fitness and lifestyle centres across the United States and Canada, the Life Time Fitness and Life Time Athletic brands are well on their way to establishing themselves as leaders in the health and wellness field.

As part of the organization’s expansion into Canada, we have been with them every step of the way.  Our team provided them with assistance and products for their Mississauga location back in 2012 and for their Ajax location just last year.

As the organization was ready to unveil yet another state-of-the-art fitness and health facility, we were right there to provide them with everything they needed once again.  The site of their most recently established Life Time Athletic location is located in the Vaughan region just north of the City of Toronto.  The facility offers members the benefits of a full-service spa, cafe, indoor cycling studio, indoor turf field, basketball courts and much more.

As part of this project, we were contracted to supply a number of ceiling-suspended basketball systems for both their main gymnasium and the children’s gymnasium located within the facility.  In both of the gyms, we supplied and installed a pair of backstopscomplete with regulation glass backboards, breakaway goals and electric height adjusters.  These adjusters allow the goals to be adjusted anywhere between 8’ and 10’ to accommodate a variety of age groups. 

In addition to the basketball systems in the gymnasiums, we also supplied and installed adequate Class A fire-rated wall padding around the entire basketball courts in both gyms.  These padding projects included customized cut-outs and corner designs for the ultimate in coverage, durability and safety for participants.

Our team then moved into the facility’s child care, tumbling exercise and boxing areas where we also supplied and installed the very same fire-rated padding, also featuring a number of customized cut-outs for electrical outlets and windows.

We plan to continue to support the Life Time Athletic brand as it continues to grow both in Canada and in the United States, providing them with the very best in athletic equipment and customized solutions for fire-rated safety padding.